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I don't have too many older/valuable books, but I like collecting the first editions of things anyway. The only things I have worth anything are three signed Neil Gaiman books (Anansi, Ocean, Trigger Warning). They add about $30 to what I paid for them, but just having a collector's edition of an author you like is worth a lot more than that sentimentally. I also have an ARC copy of Jane Goodall's newest "Seeds of Hope" that I won from Goodreads. It's my only win there so far, but I couldn't be happier. It has big "Advanced Uncorrected Copy" text all over the cover and interiors. I'm a huge National Geographic fan and having a cool unpublished copy from a living legend is pretty awesome. Most of the value of old books comes from how badass they look. Our local used bookshop has lots of old hardcovers of Treasure Island, LotR, and others just based on what people bring in to sell to the store. They never go more than $30 or so at the high end, but you can probably imagine how  a worn, old hardcover version of Treasure Island with it's own hard collector's case looks on a shelf.
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